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A64135 Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie : together with a sermon preached at Oxon. on the anniversary of the 5 of November / by Ier. Taylor. Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. 1648 (1648) Wing T403; ESTC R24600 539,220 854

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quando_fw-la audisti_fw-la clementissime_fw-la imperator_fw-la 13._o s._n ambros._n epist_n lib._n 2._o epist._n 13._o in_o causâ_fw-la fidei_fw-la laicos_fw-la de_fw-la episcopo_fw-la judicâsse_n when_o be_v it_o ever_o know_v that_o layman_n in_o a_o cause_n of_o faith_n do_v judge_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v sure_a it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o case_n of_o honoratus_n the_o perfect_a for_o if_o they_o have_v appeal_v to_o he_o or_o to_o his_o master_n constantius_n for_o judgement_n of_o the_o article_n and_o not_o for_o encouragement_n and_o secular_a assistance_n s._n ambrose_n his_o confident_a question_n of_o quando_fw-la audisti_fw-la have_v quick_o be_v answer_v even_o with_o say_v present_o after_o the_o council_n of_o ariminum_n in_o the_o case_n of_o aëtius_n and_o honoratus_n *_o nay_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o cause_n why_o s._n ambrose_n depose_v palladius_n in_o the_o council_n of_o aquileia_n because_o he_o refuse_v to_o answer_v except_o it_o be_v before_o some_o honourable_a personage_n of_o the_o laity_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o arian_n be_v the_o first_o and_o indeed_o they_o offer_v at_o it_o often_o that_o do_v desire_v prince_n to_o judge_v matter_n of_o faith_n for_o they_o despair_a of_o their_o cause_n in_o a_o conciliary_a trial_n hope_v to_o engage_v the_o emperor_n on_o their_o party_n by_o make_v he_o umpire_n but_o the_o catholic_a bishop_n make_v humble_a and_o fair_a remonstrance_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o as_o they_o may_v not_o entrench_v upon_o the_o royalty_n so_o neither_o betray_v that_o right_n which_o christ_n concredit_v to_o they_o to_o the_o encroachment_n of_o a_o exterior_a jurisdiction_n and_o power_n it_o be_v a_o good_a story_n that_o suidas_n tell_v of_o leontius_n bishop_n of_o tripoli_n in_o lydia_n 〈◊〉_d in_o verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n so_o famous_a and_o exemplary_a that_o he_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n that_o when_o constantius_n the_o emperor_n do_v preside_v among_o the_o bishop_n and_o undertake_v to_o determine_v cause_n of_o mere_a spiritual_a cognisance_n instead_o of_o a_o placet_fw-la he_o give_v this_o answer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o wonder_v that_o thou_o be_v set_v over_o thing_n of_o a_o different_a nature_n medle_v with_o those_o thing_n that_o only_o appertain_v to_o bishop_n the_o militia_n and_o the_o politia_n be_v thou_o but_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o spirit_n be_v of_o episcopal_a cognisance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o be_v the_o freedom_n of_o the_o ingenuous_a leontius_n answerable_a to_o which_o be_v that_o christian_a and_o fair_a acknowledgement_n of_o valentinian_n when_o the_o arian_n bishop_n of_o bythinia_n &_o the_o hellespont_n send_v hypatianus_n their_o legate_n to_o desire_v he_o ut_fw-la dignaretur_fw-la ad_fw-la emendationem_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la interest_n that_o he_o will_v be_v please_v to_o 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as_o any_o man_n but_o not_o in_o the_o formality_n of_o clergyman_n a_o
court_n of_o life_n and_o death_n can_v be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n and_o than_o if_o any_o man_n or_o company_n of_o man_n shall_v persuade_v the_o church_n not_o to_o inflict_v her_o censure_n upon_o delinquent_n in_o some_o case_n in_o which_o she_o may_v lawful_o inflict_v they_o and_o pretend_v to_o give_v she_o another_o compulsory_n they_o take_v away_o the_o church-consistory_n and_o erect_v a_o very_a secular_a court_n dependent_a on_o themselves_o and_o by_o consequence_n to_o be_v appeal_v to_o from_o themselves_o and_o so_o also_o to_o be_v prohibit_v as_o the_o lay-superiour_a shall_v see_v cause_n for_o *_o whoever_o therefore_o shall_v be_v consent_v to_o any_o such_o permutation_n of_o power_n be_v traditor_fw-la potestatis_fw-la quam_fw-la s._n mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à_fw-la sponso_fw-la svo_fw-la acceperat_fw-la he_o betray_v the_o individual_a and_o inseparable_a right_n of_o holy_a church_n for_o her_o censure_n she_o may_v inflict_v upon_o her_o delinquent_a child_n without_o ask_v leave_n christ_n be_v her_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o he_o be_v her_o warrant_n and_o security_n the_o other_o be_v beg_v or_o borrow_a none_o of_o her_o own_o nor_o of_o a_o fit_a edge_n to_o be_v use_v in_o her_o abscission_n and_o coërtion_n *_o i_o end_n this_o consideration_n with_o that_o memorable_a canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n of_o 39_o can._n 39_o so_o frequent_a use_n in_o this_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o bishop_n have_v the_o care_n or_o provision_n for_o all_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o let_v he_o dispense_v they_o velut_fw-la deo_fw-la contemplante_fw-la as_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o who_o he_o must_v be_v responsive_a for_o all_o his_o diocese_n the_o next_o consideration_n concern_v the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n be_v of_o what_o person_n he_o be_v judge_n and_o because_o our_o scene_n lie_v herein_o church-practice_n i_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n in_o this_o affair_n and_o leave_v it_o under_o that_o representation_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o inferior_a clerk_n and_o the_o laity_n be_v already_o involve_v in_o the_o precedent_a canon_n no_o man_n there_o be_v exempt_v of_o who_o soul_n any_o bishop_n have_v charge_n and_o all_o christ_n sheep_n hear_v his_o voice_n and_o the_o call_v of_o his_o sheap-heard-minister_n *_o theodoret_n tell_v a_o story_n that_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n be_v assemble_v by_o the_o command_n of_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n for_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o successor_n to_o auxentius_n in_o the_o see_v of_o millayne_n the_o emperor_n wish_v they_o to_o be_v careful_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o theodoret._n lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o set_a such_o a_o one_o in_o the_o archiepiscopall_a throne_n that_o we_o who_o rule_v the_o kingdom_n may_v sincere_o submit_v our_o head_n unto_o he_o viz_o in_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a import_n *_o and_o since_o all_o power_n be_v derive_v from_o christ_n who_o be_v a_o king_n and_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o prophet_n christian_a king_n be_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o vicar_n in_o his_o regal_a power_n but_o bishop_n in_o his_o sacerdotal_a and_o prophetical_a *_o so_o that_o the_o king_n have_v a_o supreme_a regal_a power_n in_o cause_n of_o the_o church_n ever_o since_o his_o kingdom_n become_v christian_n and_o it_o consist_v in_o all_o thing_n in_o which_o the_o priestly_a office_n be_v not_o precise_o by_o god_n law_n employ_v for_o regiment_n and_o cure_v of_o soul_n and_o in_o these_o also_o all_o the_o external_a compulsory_n and_o jurisdiction_n in_o his_o own_o for_o when_o his_o subject_n become_v christian_a subject_n himself_o also_o upon_o the_o same_o term_n become_v a_o christian_a ruler_n and_o in_o both_o capacity_n he_o be_v to_o rule_v viz_o both_o as_o subject_n and_o as_o christian_a subject_n except_o only_o in_o the_o precise_a issue_n of_o sacerdotal_a authority_n and_o therefore_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o priesthood_n be_v excel_v by_o each_o other_o in_o their_o several_a capacity_n for_o superiority_n be_v usual_o express_v in_o three_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excellency_n empery_n and_o power_n the_o king_n be_v supreme_a to_o the_o bishop_n in_o empery_n the_o bishop_n have_v a_o excellency_n viz._n of_o spiritual_a ministration_n which_o christ_n have_v not_o concredit_v to_o the_o king_n but_o in_o power_n both_o king_n and_o bishop_n have_v it_o distinct_o in_o several_a capacity_n the_o king_n in_o potentiâ_fw-la gladii_fw-la the_o bishop_n in_o potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la the_o sword_n and_o the_o key_n be_v the_o emblem_n of_o their_o distinct_a power_n something_o like_o this_o be_v in_o the_o three_o epistle_n of_o s._n clement_n translate_v by_o ruffinus_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la saeculo_fw-la prophet_n â_fw-la gloriosius_fw-la pontifice_fw-la clarius_fw-la rege_fw-la sublimius_fw-la king_n and_o priest_n and_o prophet_n be_v in_o their_o several_a excellency_n the_o high_a power_n under_o heaven_n ***_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o understand_v those_o expression_n often_o use_v in_o antiquity_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o make_v entrenchment_n upon_o the_o sacrednesse_n of_o royal_a prerogative_n be_v not_o both_o the_o piety_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n sufficient_o clear_a in_o the_o issue_n of_o her_o humble_a obedience_n *_o and_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o s._n ignatius_n that_o holy_a martyr_n and_o philadelph_n epist._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n diaconi_fw-la &_o reliquus_fw-la clerus_fw-la unà_fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la vniverso_fw-la militibus_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o caesare_n ipsi_fw-la episcopopareant_n let_v the_o deacon_n and_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o all_o the_o people_n the_o soldier_n the_o prince_n and_o caesar_n himself_o obey_v the_o bishop_n *_o this_o be_v it_o which_o s._n ambrose_n say_v sublimitas_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la 2._o lib._n de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerd_v cap._n 2._o nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la si_fw-mi regum_fw-la fulgori_fw-la compare_v &_o principum_fw-la diademati_fw-la erit_fw-la inferius_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o also_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o great_a constantine_n that_o most_o bless_a prince_n deus_fw-la vos_fw-la constituit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la vobis_fw-la dedit_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la quoque_fw-la judicandi_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la nos_fw-la à_fw-la vobis_fw-la rectè_fw-la judicamur_fw-la vos_fw-fr autem_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la be_v ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicari_fw-la viz._n saecularibus_fw-la and_o incausis_fw-la simplicis_fw-la religionis_fw-la so_o that_o good_a emperor_n in_o his_o oration_n to_o 2._o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist._n c._n 2._o the_o nicene_n father_n it_o be_v a_o famous_a contestation_n that_o s._n ambrose_n have_v with_o auxentius_n the_o arian_n pretend_v the_o emperor_n command_v to_o he_o to_o deliver_v up_o some_o certain_a church_n in_o his_o diocese_n to_o the_o arian_n his_o answer_n be_v that_o palace_n belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n but_o church_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o so_o they_o do_v by_o all_o the_o law_n of_o christendom_n the_o like_a be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n athanasius_n and_o constantius_n the_o emperor_n exact_o the_o same_o per_fw-la omniae_fw-la as_o it_o be_v relate_v by_o ruffinus_n *_o s._n ambrose_n his_o send_v his_o deacon_n to_o the_o emperor_n 19_o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist._n cap._n 19_o to_o desire_v he_o to_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o cancelli_fw-la in_o his_o church_n at_o milan_n show_v that_o then_o the_o power_n be_v so_o distinct_a that_o they_o make_v no_o entrenchment_n upon_o each_o other_o *_o it_o be_v no_o great_a power_n but_o a_o more_o considerable_a act_n and_o high_a exercise_n the_o forbid_v the_o communion_n to_o theodosius_n till_o he_o have_v 18._o theodor._n lib._n 5_o c._n 18._o by_o repentance_n wash_v out_o the_o blood_n that_o stick_v upon_o he_o ever_o since_o the_o massacre_n at_o thessalonica_n it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a concurrence_n of_o piety_n in_o the_o emperor_n and_o resolution_n and_o authority_n in_o the_o bishop_n but_o he_o be_v not_o the_o first_o that_o do_v it_o for_o philip_n the_o emperor_n be_v also_o guide_v by_o the_o pastoral_n rod_n and_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o bishop_n de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la 25._o euseb_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 25._o quod_fw-la christianus_n fuerit_fw-la &_o in_o die_v paschae_fw-la i._n e._n in_o ipsis_fw-la vigiliis_fw-la cùm_fw-la interest_n voluerit_fw-la &_o communicare_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la loci_fw-la non_fw-la priùs_fw-la esse_fw-la permissum_fw-la nisi_fw-la confiteretur_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la staret_fw-la nec_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la sibi_fw-la copiam_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la futuram_fw-la nisi_fw-la priùs_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la culpas_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la ferebantur_fw-la plurimae_fw-la deluisset_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o the_o place_n will_v not_o
let_v he_o communicate_v till_o he_o have_v wash_v away_o his_o sin_n by_o repentance_n and_o the_o emperor_n do_v so_o ferunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la libenter_fw-la eum_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la imperatum_fw-la fuer_n at_o suscepisse_fw-la he_o do_v it_o willing_o undertake_v the_o imposition_n lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o bishop_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o the_o world_n believe_v the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n entire_o to_o belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a ministry_n it_o be_v s._n chrysostom_n command_n matth._n homil._n 83._o in_o 26._o matth._n to_o his_o presbyter_n to_o reject_v all_o wicked_a person_n from_o the_o holy_a communion_n if_o he_o be_v a_o captain_n a_o consul_n or_o a_o crown_a king_n that_o come_v unworthy_o forbid_v he_o and_o keep_v he_o off_o thy_o power_n be_v great_a than_o he_o if_o thou_o dare_v not_o remove_v he_o tell_v it_o i_o i_o will_v not_o suffer_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o have_v there_o never_o be_v more_o error_n in_o the_o manage_n church-censure_n then_o in_o the_o forego_n instance_n the_o church_n may_v have_v exercise_v censure_n and_o all_o the_o part_n of_o power_n that_o christ_n give_v she_o without_o either_o scandal_n or_o danger_n to_o herself_o or_o her_o penitent_n but_o when_o in_o the_o very_a censure_n of_o excommunication_n there_o be_v a_o new_a ingredient_n put_v a_o great_a proportion_n of_o secular_a inconvenience_n and_o humane_a interest_n when_o excommunication_n as_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n they_o be_v deliver_n over_o to_o satan_n so_o now_o shall_v be_v deliver_n over_o to_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n or_o the_o people_n rage_n as_o then_o to_o be_v buffet_v so_o now_o to_o be_v depose_v or_o disinterest_n in_o the_o allegiance_n of_o subject_n in_o these_o case_n excommunication_n be_v nothing_o like_o that_o which_o christ_n authorize_v and_o no_o way_n cooperate_a towards_o the_o end_n of_o its_o institution_n but_o to_o a_o end_n of_o private_a design_n and_o 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i_o make_v of_o it_o although_o christ_n have_v give_v great_a authority_n to_o his_o church_n in_o order_n to_o the_o regiment_n of_o soul_n such_o a_o power_n quae_fw-la nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la yet_o it_o have_v its_o limit_n and_o a_o proper_a cognisance_n viz._n thing_n spiritual_a and_o the_o emergency_n and_o consequent_n from_o those_o thing_n which_o christianity_n have_v introduce_v the_o novo_fw-la and_o superad_v as_o thing_n total_o disparate_a from_o the_o precise_a interest_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o this_o i_o the_o rather_o note_v to_o show_v how_o those_o man_n will_v mend_v themselves_o that_o cry_v down_o the_o tyranny_n as_o they_o listen_v to_o call_v it_o of_o episcopacy_n and_o yet_o call_v for_o the_o presbytery_n ***_o for_o the_o presbytery_n do_v challenge_v cognisance_n of_o all_o cause_n whatsoever_o which_o be_v either_o sin_n direct_o or_o by_o reduction_n *_o all_o crime_n which_o england_n vide_fw-la the_o 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then_o they_o have_v power_n to_o nullify_v all_o court_n and_o judicatories_n beside_o their_o own_o and_o be_v for_o this_o their_o cognisance_n they_o pretend_v divine_a institution_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o cause_n imperfect_a in_o their_o consistory_n no_o appeal_n from_o they_o but_o they_o shall_v hear_v and_o determine_v with_o final_a resolution_n and_o it_o will_v be_v sin_n and_o therefore_o punishable_a to_o complain_v of_o injustice_n and_o illegality_n *_o if_o this_o be_v confront_v but_o with_o the_o pretence_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o modesty_n of_o their_o several_a demand_n and_o the_o reasonableness_n and_o divinity_n of_o each_o vindication_n examine_v i_o suppose_v be_v there_o nothing_o but_o prudentiall_a motive_n to_o be_v put_v into_o balance_n to_o weigh_v down_o this_o question_n the_o cause_n will_v soon_o be_v determine_v and_o the_o little_a finger_n of_o presbytery_n not_o only_o in_o its_o exemplary_a and_o try_v practice_n but_o in_o its_o dogmatic_a pretension_n be_v heavy_a than_o the_o loin_n nay_o then_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o episcopacy_n but_o it_o seldom_o happen_v otherwise_o but_o that_o they_o who_o usurp_v a_o power_n prove_v tyrant_n in_o the_o execution_n whereas_o the_o issue_n of_o a_o lawful_a power_n be_v fair_a and_o moderate_a but_o i_o must_v proceed_v to_o the_o more_o particular_a instance_n licence_n §_o 37._o forbid_v presbyter_n to_o officiate_v without_o episcopal_a licence_n of_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n the_o whole_a power_n of_o ministration_n both_o of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n by_o prime_a authority_n and_o in_o the_o presbyter_n by_o commission_n and_o delegation_n insomuch_o that_o they_o may_v not_o exercise_v any_o ordinary_a ministration_n without_o licence_n from_o the_o bishop_n they_o have_v power_n and_o capacity_n by_o their_o order_n to_o preach_v to_o minister_v to_o offer_v to_o reconcile_v and_o to_o baptise_v they_o be_v indeed_o act_n 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